{small voice in the dinn} My Analog T.V. will continue to work just fine with the Satellite Dish.
For those that thing this'll affect the have-nots, a sociology study showed that the main difference between the rich and poor was NOT that the rich had stuff the poor did not, but that the stuff was more expensive.
The Poor still managed to have DVD players ($26 bucks), Cell Phones (pay as you go), Play Stations ($100 at a gem rental store), etc.
This change will NOT negatively affect people the way the soundbites want you to believe.
OTA digital signals will still work fine on a subsidized decoder box with RCA jacks on it.
As one that got connectes to BBS(es) at 2400 baud, I can't tell you how much I cherish my broadband connection. Having spent $110 a month for ISDN because it was better than 56k, paying $50 a month for cable is a pittance for the return it gives.
Well, over it's lifetime, the aforementioned 'cheap laser' STILL cost $350+3*$75 = $575 for B&W printing.
Sure, it's cheaper than inkjets, but maybe only by half.
I bought a refill kit at Costco as it was the first one I'd found that had Photo Cyan, and Photo Magenta (for 6 color prints)
Aside from the hassle, I couldn't see a noticible difference in the prints after refilling. The _second_ refill however had a color drop out and I was too lazy to troubleshoot it. That's the nice thing about the HP printers - new cart = new print nozzles.
So, I'm pretty happy with at least one refill per cartridge...I also don't really mind the cost of the ink...you either pay now or pay later, I don't see why folks haven't figured that out.
Now, when my Laser Printer finally kicks off (May be soon, I doubt I'll replace the photo drum on a, geeze, 8 year old printer), I may seriously investigate a color Laser printer with an ethernet port on it...I've seen them as low as $350 w/o NIC and $450 with one.
While the last dowzin times I've paired devices HAVE been on the bus. I've noticed the auto generating pins are now 5 to 8 digits long.
Further, it's extremely rare that I even SEE Another bluetooth device on the bos or train. While the phones may be popular, not a whole lotta people are using bluetooth, it seems.
Additionally, the phones I've got default to a Bluetooth radio-off mode...ya can't see them unless you a) turn them on (v600) or b) are already paired (nokia 9820)
Lastly, at 15 feet, there's not a large number of people around you that can pull this off (except that poindexter across the aisle with the laptop and dish antenna pointed at you)
Now, if you're being shadowed at less than 20 feet by a guy with a BT headset, get worried...or turn off your phone...or ignore it, you've got a blue bajillion minutes anyway.
I find that they are far too mission specific to be of any real-world use. Half the time you open them up and find nothing more than a chip, small PCB, and some epoxy holding the whole thing together
Well there goes MY hopes and dreams of a Furby Robot Army of DOOOOOOM.
I'm building an infrastructure to support something similar. We have a 'dirty traffic' VLAN for the meeting rooms and publically accessible Kiosks. That VLAN has an ISA box handling routing. WiFi is broadcast, we haven't decided if it'll be free n clear, or just have a WPA password posted in all of the meetign rooms. The intent was to have a setup where a Sales droid could open his laptop, get a dhcp address, get DNS, and could access HTTP(S) to anywhere BUT our network. P2P, IM, etc, would be punted.
All that traffic is piped through Smartfilter to keep the kiosk users from surfing porn, and internal users use VPN from there to get a 'real' connection into our network.
WhereTF are you buying your stuff? Last I checked, you can get a complete computer and monitor for $400. In 1988, a Full XT computer with 30 meg HD and an EGA monitor was $3500.
The Sony Trinitron 19" monitor I bought in 1996 for $1200 is now $120.
The Saturn we bought in 1996 for $17,000 has now depreciated to $3500 with PLENTY of life left to it.
Houses continue to appreciate. My parents had a $22000 home loan in 1972, I now have a 300,000 home loan in 2005. This home is twice the size, twice as efficient, and costs less to heat than that house.
A longitme friend has a Sun 360 that's permanently on the net. a 25 Mhz MIPS processor isn't exactly as desireable target to skript kiddez, nor does it have the ability to saturate a network link...and you'd need 40 times as many to create your vast Zombie Horde.
Christ, creating a SSH key takes a good 30 seconds.
There's a coupon for CD media, but you've got to surrender your DVD media to get it. I _like_ my DVD media...but I've also got an (pre firewire) iMac that can't read DVD's....can I make a dmg on an external usb/firewire drive and install it that way?
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My Analog T.V. will continue to work just fine with the Satellite Dish.
For those that thing this'll affect the have-nots, a sociology study showed that the main difference between the rich and poor was NOT that the rich had stuff the poor did not, but that the stuff was more expensive.
The Poor still managed to have DVD players ($26 bucks), Cell Phones (pay as you go), Play Stations ($100 at a gem rental store), etc.
This change will NOT negatively affect people the way the soundbites want you to believe.
OTA digital signals will still work fine on a subsidized decoder box with RCA jacks on it.
As one that got connectes to BBS(es) at 2400 baud, I can't tell you how much I cherish my broadband connection. Having spent $110 a month for ISDN because it was better than 56k, paying $50 a month for cable is a pittance for the return it gives.
No, not today, in 1993 the Top box was a Thinking Machines CM-5 with Rmax = 59.7 amd Rpeak=131
So, what's a current generation desktop proc return?
Take heart. They're really only upsetting you and about four other Sleshdot viewers. Everybody else doesn't care.
Well, over it's lifetime, the aforementioned 'cheap laser' STILL cost $350+3*$75 = $575 for B&W printing. Sure, it's cheaper than inkjets, but maybe only by half.
I bought a refill kit at Costco as it was the first one I'd found that had Photo Cyan, and Photo Magenta (for 6 color prints)
Aside from the hassle, I couldn't see a noticible difference in the prints after refilling. The _second_ refill however had a color drop out and I was too lazy to troubleshoot it. That's the nice thing about the HP printers - new cart = new print nozzles.
So, I'm pretty happy with at least one refill per cartridge...I also don't really mind the cost of the ink...you either pay now or pay later, I don't see why folks haven't figured that out.
Now, when my Laser Printer finally kicks off (May be soon, I doubt I'll replace the photo drum on a, geeze, 8 year old printer), I may seriously investigate a color Laser printer with an ethernet port on it...I've seen them as low as $350 w/o NIC and $450 with one.
I'm writing up a PO to replace our web cluster with these. How soon can you provide 150 units?
This also describes my favorite security model:
Crunchy exterior, soft gooey interior.
And there are exactly HOW many 'Toothers out there with a gun shaped antenna?
The article says it can be done. The odds of it happening are _Vanishingly_ small.
While the last dowzin times I've paired devices HAVE been on the bus. I've noticed the auto generating pins are now 5 to 8 digits long.
Further, it's extremely rare that I even SEE Another bluetooth device on the bos or train. While the phones may be popular, not a whole lotta people are using bluetooth, it seems.
Additionally, the phones I've got default to a Bluetooth radio-off mode...ya can't see them unless you a) turn them on (v600) or b) are already paired (nokia 9820)
Lastly, at 15 feet, there's not a large number of people around you that can pull this off (except that poindexter across the aisle with the laptop and dish antenna pointed at you)
Now, if you're being shadowed at less than 20 feet by a guy with a BT headset, get worried...or turn off your phone...or ignore it, you've got a blue bajillion minutes anyway.
Alas it's State Govt....you're more than welcom to bid on a pallet of 'em...third thursday of every month I believe.
Whippersnapper. Modern 19" monitors are LIGHT compared to the early 21" monitors. We had a DIGITAL 21" er that had to weigh 120 lbs.
I remember 19" monitors being cheap because they figured out how to use quite a bit less glass than a 21" required.
I've got 18 21" CRT's I've gotta surplus in half an hour and I'd just as soon not move them.
I'm building an infrastructure to support something similar. We have a 'dirty traffic' VLAN for the meeting rooms and publically accessible Kiosks. That VLAN has an ISA box handling routing. WiFi is broadcast, we haven't decided if it'll be free n clear, or just have a WPA password posted in all of the meetign rooms. The intent was to have a setup where a Sales droid could open his laptop, get a dhcp address, get DNS, and could access HTTP(S) to anywhere BUT our network. P2P, IM, etc, would be punted.
All that traffic is piped through Smartfilter to keep the kiosk users from surfing porn, and internal users use VPN from there to get a 'real' connection into our network.
Oh, and all packets are captured.
And a nice side effect is: The login and password boxes are neatly framed by...uh...nevermind.
(in Atlanta) We had a Female storm trooper. An initial doubletake revealed a, um, Breast Plate with a different profile, and an exposed middrift.
She pulled it off admirably well. But the whole 'clone trooper' thing muddies the issue somewhat. Perhaps there was a bored lab tech worker.
WhereTF are you buying your stuff? Last I checked, you can get a complete computer and monitor for $400. In 1988, a Full XT computer with 30 meg HD and an EGA monitor was $3500.
The Sony Trinitron 19" monitor I bought in 1996 for $1200 is now $120.
The Saturn we bought in 1996 for $17,000 has now depreciated to $3500 with PLENTY of life left to it.
Houses continue to appreciate. My parents had a $22000 home loan in 1972, I now have a 300,000 home loan in 2005. This home is twice the size, twice as efficient, and costs less to heat than that house.
You're not paying attention.
Just mod me redundant now.
It's a misdemeanor, not a felony. How black and white your world must be.
But none of the people listed in your examples Have Broken the Law.
Marth Stewart can't own a gun or Vote for Prez anymore, either.
THIS is what I get for going from memory. (proof my memory is bad.)
A longitme friend has a Sun 360 that's permanently on the net. a 25 Mhz MIPS processor isn't exactly as desireable target to skript kiddez, nor does it have the ability to saturate a network link...and you'd need 40 times as many to create your vast Zombie Horde.
Christ, creating a SSH key takes a good 30 seconds.
There's a coupon for CD media, but you've got to surrender your DVD media to get it. I _like_ my DVD media...but I've also got an (pre firewire) iMac that can't read DVD's....can I make a dmg on an external usb/firewire drive and install it that way?
And REALLY NEAT HANDWARMERS! 2 for $19.95! and If you act now, we'll throw in shipping for FREE! (Latitude and Longitude required for instant shipping...not available in no fly zones.)
Terms, conditions and Homeland Security restrictions may apply.